Drift Quote by Becca Spradlin Lead On Mission

“If leadership, ownership, and governance do not share a common passion around the purpose, it will not last. Drift is only one transition—or crisis—away.”

— Becca Spradlin, Lead On Mission

“Drift is the default path for every organization that pursues a higher purpose. Forces around and inside a company will always guide it away…

— Becca Spradlin, Lead On Mission

“Exits are the best part of being an entrepreneur or investor. It’s when we get financially rewarded for all of the creativity, hard work,…

— Basil Peters

“Every company needs an exit strategy and an exit plan. Ideally, the exit strategy should be agreed upon by the founders before the first…

— Basil Peters

“great companies fail not because they want to avoid disruptive change but because they are reluctant to embrace promising new markets that might undermine…

— Brad Stone

“Even in a desperate turnaround situation, if you shift your market radically and suddenly, you may lose the market you have before you can…

— Mark Rutland

“he liked to say he didn’t have an exit strategy—he was building a company for the long term.”

— Brad Stone

“The road ahead is long and there will be many setbacks. Success is not assured… but the price of failure has never been this…

— Charles Lee Lesher

When a company makes a fundamental change, it is inevitable that some people will leave.

— Cheryl Yeoh

“Businesses fail either because they leave their customers or because their customer leave them !”

— Andrew S. Grove

“While this seems relatively straightforward, finding a good leading indicator, and experimenting to determine how it affects the future of the company, is hard…

— Alistair Croll

“Failure hurts, but failing is a part of the free market. It is a part of economic renewal. The nature of my business, and…

— Tim Draper